Re: [Lynx-dev] Proposed patch to init preferred-doc-lang from LANG/LANGUAGE

[Chuck Houpt]

At 7:13 AM +0900 4/23/07, Henry Nelson wrote:
>  > I think it would be useful to default PREFERRED_LANGUAGE based on
> >  LANG/LANGUAGE, because then both the UI and documents would be
> >  displayed in the user's favorite languages.
>
> I don't understand the plural of "languages".  If LANG/LANGUAGE sets
> PREFERRED_LANGUAGE, then won't it be locked into that single language?

Both LANGUAGE and the preferred document language can be a single 
language code or lists. So for example if LANGUAGE="en:fr:de", then 
preferred doc language would be "en,fr,de". Multi-lingual web sites 
(ex: http://debian.org) use the setting to send the best matching 
language. For example, if English isn't available, French would be 
sent.

- Chuck